Backtesting data differs from live data

Created at 06 Nov 2022, 05:35
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Backtesting data differs from live data
06 Nov 2022, 05:35

Hi, I've been running a bot using open API for a few weeks in a demo account.

I've then run the same bot on backtesting using the historical data downloaded also from open API.

When comparing the tick data from live with the one of the backtesting I can see that the ticks seem to be the same, but the time differs in a couple of milliseconds (around 50ms).

Why is that?

 

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